Day One: Readings List
Here are the notes Prof. Widom used on the first day of class: DayOne.pdf.
Here is a set of light readings, articles, videos and other pages covering the topics we discussed in class #1.
- Facebook data-driven advertising video
- The parable of the beer and diapers
- Correlation vs. causation
- Correlation does not imply causation
- Correlation and causality (Khan Academy video)
- Correlation or Causation?
- Spurious correlations
- Comic relief: 1, 2
- False hope
- How Google tracks traffic